A detailed review on the development of quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensors (QEPAS)
for the sensitive and selective quantification of molecular trace gas species with resolved …

Ethylene is an important component of the gaseous environment, and regulates numerous
plant developmental processes including seed germination and seedling establishment …

Breath analysis, a promising new field of medicine and medical instrumentation, potentially
offers noninvasive, real-time, and point-of-care (POC) disease diagnostics and metabolic …

Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) are the first room temperature semiconductor laser source
for the mid-IR spectral region, triggering substantial development for the advancement of …

Plants live in association with microorganisms, which are well known as a rich source of
specialized metabolites, including volatile compounds. The increasing numbers of …

Sunflower (H elianthus annuus L.) seed dormancy is regulated by reactive oxygen species
(ROS) and can be alleviated by incubating dormant embryos in the presence of …

The plant hormone ethylene is critical for climacteric fruit ripening, while glucose and
anthocyanins determine the fruit quality of climacteric fruits such as apple. Understanding …

Many different techniques, such as UV/vis absorption, IR spectroscopy, fluorescence and
Raman spectroscopy are routinely applied in chemical (micro-) analysis and chemical …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a key messenger in plant stress responses but its exact role in drought
response remains unclear. To investigate the role of NO in drought response we employed …

Different forms of nitrogen (N) fertilizer affect disease development; however, this study
investigated the effects of N forms on the hypersensitivity response (HR)—a pathogen …